Parcel-rest and seat-annex for bicycles.



No. 643,373. Patented Feb. l3. I900.

A. A. GABRIEL &. E. M. ATKINSON.

PARCEL BEST AND'SEAT ANNEX FOR BICYCLES.

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ALBERT A. GABRIEL AND EDXVARD M. ATKINSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

PARCEL-REST AND SEAT-ANNEX FOR BICYCLES.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 643,373, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed March 30,1899. Serial No. 711,158. (No model.)

7 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT A. GABRIEL and EDWARD M. ATKINSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Parcel-Rest and SeatAnneX for Bicycles, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinvention relates to an improvement in parcel-rests or seats for veloeipedes, and more particularly to bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct the same that it shall be cheap, durable, easily constructed,

and capable of attachment and detachment from the machine, and also that it may be compactly folded for shipment.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a viewof abicycle with ourimproved attachment,showin g its adaptation to the rear or front fork of the same. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 shows a View of the various nuts and bolts for use in attaching the seat to a bicycle.

A A are rods or uprights, forked or slotted at their ends and hinged by eyes formed in their ends to bands G G, which are supported by a rod surrounding the edge of the seat. The slots of the rods embrace the spindle back of the nuts and are therefore easily attached to the same.

B is the seat, which is preferably of metal,

occurs, a rod F is inserted to strengthen the the same, said eyes being at substantially vertical movement.

The rods D are strung on the rod of the seat-frame before said rod is attached to the frame, and said rods D are adapted tobe adjusted along said seat-rod by means of setscrews D.

I are thumb-screws for rod 0, its purpose being to clamp said rod and its parts to the bicycle-frame.

The hook of rod 0 is preferably covered with rubber tubing, and washer 0 may be likewise'covered for the purpose of preventing abrasion of the bicycle-frame, or the fork itself may be covered with rubber to serve a like purpose. 7 The operation of the device is as follows: The rods Abeing extended are placed upon the axle of the velocipede and the bolts 0 are hooked around the forks of the same, and by a manipulation of .the thumb-screws I the seat is securely fastened to the frame of the machine.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate or platf0rm,of forked and hinged rods extending from'the same and adapted to embrace the axle of the machine, a rod extending from the opposite side of the same and having short rods adjustable thereon, hooked bolts penetrating said short rods, ahooked washer interposed between theshort rod and the hook of the bolt, and a thumbscrew for adjusting and securing said rod or bolt, substantially as described.

ALBERT A. GABRIEL. EDWARD M. ATKINSON. Witnesses:

H. H. N EWHALL, F. 0. WEEKS. 

